Bollinger, La Grande Annee Brut 1985

This is what Bollinger is all about. The color is deep and the concentrated, glycerol-rich Champagne forms clear “legs” along the edge of the glass. The nose combines weight with complexity. Biscuits, hazelnuts, chocolate, and toasted bread, together with a faint element of oyster shell. The life-bearing malic acidity is restrained and fine, and elevates this powerfully chewy wine to greatness. More walnutty complexity with age.